Jesus Speaks

"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." (Jn 10:27)

I am often asked how do I know when God speaks.  It is a very good questions.
I know God's voice like I know my parents'.  Firstly, I am born of Him and as such we share a personal and intimate relationship.  I know His voice from all the time we've spent together. I know His voice because I know His character (clearly stated in the Scriptures).  I know Him because He lives in me.  It is not a magic trick, He is not an eight ball, He is God- the more time you spend with Him, the quicker you will learn to recognize His voice.

Go, be alone with Him, learn to listen and commune with Him....ask Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit (to baptize you, if you prefer the term), and you too will know Him, His voice.  But know this: once He speaks you must obey.

“To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” (John 10:3-5)